This is Prevnar vaccine (7 strains of pneumococcal bacteria - there is a new one
waiting approval that is 13 strains
The below maybe part of the propaganda to support the 13 strain vaccine - "may
partly be the result of the vaccine eliminating certain types of pneumococcus,
creating the opportunity for other bacteria to take its place."
Sheri
Serious Lung Infections in Children
Jump After Introduction of Pneumococcus Vaccine
By UC Davis Children's
Hospital
Jan 11, 2010 - 4:34:16 PM
http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Children_s_Health_200/Serious_Lung_Infections_in_Children_Jump_After_Introduction_of_Pneumococcus_Vaccine.shtml
A
comprehensive national study by UC Davis researchers has found that the
introduction of an early childhood vaccine for bacterial pneumonia nearly a
decade ago has decreased the incidence of pneumonia,
but the drop was accompanied by a
dramatic increase in the incidence of a serious and sometimes
life-threatening complication.
The researchers
conjecture that the doubling of the incidence of the complication, which
causes pockets of purulence, or pus, around the lungs, may partly be the
result of the vaccine eliminating certain types of pneumococcus, creating
the opportunity for other bacteria to take